Building on the extraordinary success of last year's Pro Bono Celebration, the LBA, Jefferson County Judicial Center and the Legal Aid Society is sponsoring the Celebration once again this year.
The goals of the week-long celebration is: to recognize the significant contributions made by the scores of attorneys who already participate in pro bono activities; to educate the public and the legal profession about the ever-growing unmet legal needs of low-income people and others who have been hard hit by the economic downturn; and, to encourage more attorneys to volunteer.
LBA members, law students and others will be hosting a variety of events to mark this week, including free continuing legal education seminars for attorneys who volunteer to accept a pro bono case, legal clinics where persons of limited financial means can receive a free consultation with an attorney volunteer in certain identified areas of law, as well as various receptions where attorney volunteers will be recognized.